CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile CompanioN), mobile and autonomous assistance system

Cimon will be an AI assistant on the International Space Station, and could be a companion for astronauts on long-term missions to Mars

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Among those who will accompany Alexander Gerst when he heads for the International Space Station this summer is CIMON, a robot with wide-ranging capabilities.

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The Crew Interactive MObile companioN (CIMON) is able to see, hear, understand, speak – and fly. It is roughly spherical, has a diameter of 32 centimetres and weighs five kilograms.
The technology demonstrator is roughly the size of a medicine ball and will be used in the Columbus module of the ISS during Alexander Gerst's Horizons mission from summer 2018

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CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile CompanioN) is a project of the DLR Space Administration/European Space Agency (ESA) to explores the use of AI as a way to mitigate crew stress and workload during long-term spaceflight. The AI-based assistant for astronauts CIMON is being developed by Airbus in cooperation with IBM and will be tested on the International Space Station (ISS) by Alexander Gerst during the European Space Agency’s Horizons mission between June and October 2018.

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NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station.

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The Crew Interactive Mobile Companion, or CIMON, is mankind's first big step to incorporating AI technology to their everyday life. CIMON will help with simple, everyday tasks...and hopefully not go rouge.

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International Space Station - Technology Experiment with Artificial Intelligence 'made in Germany'

#CIMON – the astronaut assistant developed and built in Germany – has survived its cosmic baptism of fire. He worked together with the German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst for around 90 minutes in the Columbus module of the International Space Station (ISS).

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ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst interacted with CIMON, an AI assistant for astronauts, onboard the International Space Station, on 15 November 2018. CIMON is short for Crew Interactive Mobile CompanioN and is a project of the DLR Space Administration/European Space Agency (ESA) to explores the use of AI as a way to mitigate crew stress and workload during long-term spaceflight.

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ESA/DLR/NASA

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For many people, Airbus is associated with aircraft, but it also does much more. In all that it does, the company always aims to reach beyond the clouds.

Till Eisenberg is one of those who have helped Airbus make its mark in the final frontier of Space. He led an Airbus team that designed a floating electronic brain – called CIMON – that was sent to the International Space Station to help astronauts with their work. CIMON floats freely in zero gravity with its computerized facial screen watching, listening and communicating by voice with the astronauts. A future version is even being designed to read the mood of those on board in order to help them cope with the psychological demands of being in orbit.

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After 4 days of permanently meeting and greeting visitors at the #IAC2019, CIMON needs a break, and some fresh air: we're off to visit Washington DC!

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